There is an entire discipline on the idea that the effort to make code easily read/understood will result in source code which is easier to maintain and write:

There is an entire discipline on the idea that the effort to make code easily read/understood will result in source code which is easier to maintain and write: https://literateprogramming.com/ https://literateprogramming.com/ (or if that's off-line, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming ) and published books which exist so that folks can read the source code of programs: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21394355-william-adams?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=literateprograms https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21394355-william-adams...